I'm looking for a lightweight budget handguard for a pistol build.   I like the size & price of this one but what I don't like it the idea of using 2 ton epoxy to attach the fiber to the barrel nut.





http://www.clarkcustomguns.com/clk750.htm





What if I want to remove it?  How is that done?



Any of you guys have any experience with this brand?

Strap wrench like sometimes used for oil filter maybe?
Now the question is will it fit a Dolos take down nut?

I installed one on one of my rimfire AR's. Just follow instructions. For removal, unscrew the nut with the handguard attached with a strap wrench.



I haven't needed to remove it so far.
chris

That's what I want to know!

HOLY CRAP!



I hadn't heard of the Dolos yet so I googled it.   That is pretty damn cool!



 

I have one and IMO save your money.  Even with a strap wrench it is a PITA to remove, at least it is on my LR-308 based rifle.  Even with pine rosin it was a real bugger to get off and getting it lined back up with the strap wrench was even worse.  I had installed and lined up the holes in the barrel nut with a real wrench when installed, and no matter what I did the strap wrench would not get it exactly back to where it was.  Enough to get the gas tube in, OK, but I had installed a bottom rail on the forend for a bipod and now it is ever so slightly crooked.  The forend needs to go another 1/64 inch or less in rotation to get it back perfectly aligned and with the gas tube in the center of the BN hole instead of bearing against one side of it.
And if you compare the actual weight, of the forend AND barrel nut, it is not all that lightweight either.  Just as soon as MI brings out their Keymod Lite in the LR-308 that goofy Clark SOB is getting crap canned.  Looks good, but if you ever remove and reinstall it, you'll rue the day you bought it.  If you do get it, install it with a strap wrench also.  That was my mistake.  I installed with a prong type BN wrench which puts a lot more force on it than a strap wrench can, but if you use a strap wrench to install it you may have less of a hassle when it comes time to remove it and reinstall it.  If you are like me, you don't leave things alone for too long and it will be removed several times during its life.

That's exactly what I was concerned with BigBore.  

Thanks for the input and saving me the headache!

This will be on a pistol build that I might be swapping back & forth from 5.56 - 300 BLK so I don't think it will work for me.
 

An alternative to the Clark tube is the one made by Hiperform.  It has an integral hex nut that uses a wrench to install/remove.  No strap wrenches required.

http://www.hiperform.com/hand-guards.htm

Here's my rifle with one installed covering the gas block.

I've been looking into the Cobra Tactical Solution carbon rail cover.  I think this might be another option for the OP to consider.

http://www.cobratacsystems.com/collections/01a-free-float-quad-rails/products/cts-ultra-carbon-fiber-free-float-hand-guard-pistol-carbine-midlength-rifle-length

From what I have read you use a standard barrel nut and an adapter plate to mount it and when mounted it's pretty solid. Figured it's worth sharing.

If I thought I was going to remove it, I would consider adding a 1/4" hole thru the tube into the nut, and make a wrench with a tooth to twist it on and off.

I wonder if one drilled 4 of these around the back end and just bolted it up, vs glue.  Unbolt and slide off the tube, then you have access to the nut to turn it off.  Do you think that would work?